(née Omukai)
is a Japanese
skeleton racer
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who has competed since 2003 and joined the Japanese national team in 2005. She uses a Bromley sled.
She married in 2015.
Notable results
Oguchi's first official start in international competition was in the
2006–07 season at
Calgary
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on the
North American Cup circuit, where she placed 23rd. This was followed by two ninth-place finishes, but she did not compete during the 2007–08 or 2008-09 seasons. She returned to competition for the 2009–10 season, and advanced to the
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for 2012–13. Her first World Cup race was in
2013–14, also at Calgary, where she finished 19th, and since then has split her time between the ICC and World Cup circuits. Her best World Cup finish was 13th, in
2016
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at
Lake Placid. In the
2017 World Championships, she finished 21st,
and she finished the
2016–17 in 26th place in the overall standings.
References
External links
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1984 births
Japanese female skeleton racers
Living people
Skeleton racers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic skeleton racers for Japan
21st-century Japanese sportswomen
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